About Appleseed Foundation
Appleseed is a network of justice centers working to reduce poverty, combat discrimination, and advance the rule of law through community-driven, systemic advocacy.
Focus Areas
Education & YouthCriminal JusticeEconomic JusticeImmigrationRacial JusticeAccess to JusticeGrassroots organizingImpact litigationPolicy & advocacy
Who They Fund
justice-focused organizations / coalitions (e.g., The Just Trust collaborative)network participants and convening attendeesorganizations engaged in criminal justice reform communications
About Appleseed Foundation
Appleseed Foundation Inc. centers its grantmaking on the Appleseed network’s justice work, with a recurring emphasis on coordinated messaging, network support, and collaborative criminal justice reform. The largest recent grant in the record is $208,734 to New York Appleseed Inc for Network Opportunity Grants, a signal that the foundation funds network infrastructure as well as project work. In 2023, it also made a $50,260 matching-grant and focus-group award to Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest, showing support for research and convening alongside funding. Other grants point to an organization that backs state-level Appleseed affiliates across multiple issue areas tied to justice, equity, and opportunity. Its named Bert Pogrebin Appleseed Fund for Justice is described as supporting Appleseed’s mission to advance justice, equity, and opportunity, with work spanning criminal justice reform, education and youth, economic justice, racial justice, and immigration. Across the recent record, the foundation appears to favor networked advocacy organizations over individuals or program-related investments.
What Appleseed Foundation Funds
A major theme is criminal justice communications. In 2025, Appleseed Foundation Inc. gave $9,000 to Fund for Justice (chicago Appleseed) for a Criminal Justice Messaging Project. Related collaborative messaging grants also went to Oklahoma Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, Georgia Appleseed, Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, South Carolina Appleseed, Louisiana Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, Texas Appleseed, Missouri Appleseed, and Kansas Appleseed. The foundation also supports convening and participation costs: Arkansas Appleseed Legal Justice Center received $16,950 for matching grants and network meeting expenses for 3 attendees. Focus-group work appears in the record as well, including Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest’s matching grants and focus group project and Louisiana Appleseed Center for Law and Justice’s capacity grants and focus group work tied to The Just Trust.
How Appleseed Foundation Gives
Typical awards are clustered at small-to-mid sizes, with p25 and median both at $9,000 and p75 at $22,975. The recent record includes both one-off project grants and repeated support: New York Appleseed Inc, Arkansas Appleseed Legal Justice Center, Missouri Appleseed, Kansas Appleseed, South Carolina Appleseed, Louisiana Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, and Texas Appleseed each appear more than once across 2023 and 2025. The foundation is a private foundation, not a fund for individuals, and it does not make program-related investments. Its named Bert Pogrebin Appleseed Fund for Justice is used to support Appleseed Network work. Unsolicited applications are not accepted.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$307K
Total Assets
$1.7M
Total Revenue
$806K
Total Expenses
$811K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $9K and $23K, with a median of $9K.
25th Percentile
$9K
Median
$9K
75th Percentile
$23K
Geographic Reach
National12 states funded
About 0% of grants go to recipients in AR.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
ERIC KOENIG
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